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BILL  No.  1  7. 


SENATE   BPLL 


A   BILL 

To  authorize  'payment  for  horses  taken  hj  the  enefny,  or  taken  from  the 
oivncrs  by  impressment  for  the, pubU&  service. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  general  assembly,  That  when  an^  oftfccr 

2  or  private  in  the  actual  service  of  this  state,  whether  in  tlie  volun- 

3  teer  or  militia  force,  having  a  horse  or  horses  in  possession  and  in 

4  the  like  service,  which  horse  or  horses  have  been  heretofore  or  may 
o  be  hereafter  taken  by  the  enemy,  the  same  having  been  valued  as 

6  prescribed  by  the  army  regulations,  or  where  this  has  not  been  done, 

7  the  value  having  been  ascertained  by  satisfactory   evidence,  such 

8  officer  or  private  sh*all  be  entitled  to  receive  such  valuation,  and  the 

9  same  shall  be  audited  by  the  auditing  board  established  for  the  set- 

10  tlement  of  military  claims,  and  if  found-  to  Ik5  properly  substap- 

11  tiated,  shall  be  paid  as  other  claims  are  paid  when  allowed  by  said 

12  -board. 

2.  When  any  horse  or  horses  shall  have  been  heretofore  or  shall 

2  be  hereafter  impressed  by  competent  authority  for  actual  service  of 

3  the  military  forces  of  this  state,   during  the  continuance  of   the 

4  present  war,  and  the  same  shall  not  be  returned  to  the  owner  within 


2  Bill  No.  17. 

5  six  months  from  the  time  of  impressment,  the  said  ovrner  (by  pro- 

6  ducing  the  certificate  of  valuation  required  by  law  to  be  given  him, 

7  or  if  none  such  shall  have  been  given,  by  proving  the  value  of  such 

8  horse  or  horses  at  the  time^of  impressment,  by  satisfactory  evidence) 

9  may  present  his  claim,  and  the  same  shall  be  audited  by  the  said 

10  auditing  board,  and  if   allowed,  shall  be  paid  as  other  claims  are 

11  paid  by  their  order. 

3.    This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  its  passage. 


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